Kwividiyo yam yokugqibela ngoBathathu Emnye, sivavanye indima kaMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye safumanisa ukuba nokuba yintoni na, ayingomntu, kwaye ke ayinakuba ngumlenze wesithathu kwisitulo sethu semilenze emithathu yoBathathu Emnye. Ndineqela elininzi labakhuseli bemfundiso kaBathathu Emnye bandihlasela, okanye indlela yam yokuqiqa kunye nokufunyanwa kweZibhalo. Kwakukho isityholo esiqhelekileyo endifumanise ukuba siyasityhila. Ndandisoloko ndityholwa ngokungayiqondi imfundiso kaBathathu Emnye. Babonakala ngathi baziva ngathi ndidala impikiswano, kodwa ukuba ndiyayiqonda nyani uBathathu Emnye, ndiza kuyibona impazamo kwindlela endiqiqa ngayo. Into endiyifumanisa inomdla kukuba esi simangalo asikaze sikhatshwe yinkcazo ecacileyo, necacileyo yokuba aba baziva njani uBathathu Emnye. Imfundiso kaBathathu Emnye yinto eyaziwayo. Ingcaciso yayo ibingumbandela wokurekhodwa esidlangalaleni iminyaka eyi-1640, kungoko ndigqiba kwelokuba banenkcazo yabo yobuqu ka-Emnye eyahlukileyo kuleyo yaseburhulumenteni epapashwe okokuqala ngooBhishophu baseRoma. Nokuba yeyiphi okanye ayinakho ukoyisa ukuqiqa, basuka babhenela ekulingweni ngodaka.

Ukuqala kwam ukuthatha isigqibo sokwenza olu luhlu lwevidiyo ngemfundiso kaBathathu Emnye, yayiyinjongo yokunceda amaKristu abone ukuba alahlekiswa yimfundiso yobuxoki. Emva kokuba ndichithe ixesha elininzi lobomi bam ndilandele iimfundiso zeQumrhu Elilawulayo lamaNgqina kaYehova, ndaza ndabona kwiminyaka yam yobudala ukuba ndikhohlisiwe, kundinike inkuthazo enamandla yokuveza ubuxoki naphina apho ndibufumana khona. Ndiyazi ngokusuka kumava obuqu ukuba buhlungu kangakanani obo buxoki.

Nangona kunjalo, xa ndafumanisa ukuba abavangeli baseMelika abane kwabahlanu bakholelwa ukuba "uYesu wayengowokuqala kwaye omkhulu ukudalwa nguThixo uYise" kwaye ukuba aba-6 kwabali-10 bacinga ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele ungamandla hayi umntu, ndiye ndaqala ukucinga ukuba mhlawumbi ndibetha ihashe elifileyo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uYesu akanakuba ngumntu odaliweyo kwaye abe nguThixo ngokupheleleyo kwaye ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele akanguye umntu, akukho bukho bathathu emnye kuthixo omnye. (Ndibeka ikhonkco kwinkcazo yale vidiyo kwimithombo yolwazi yedatha leyo. Ikhonkco elifanayo endilibeke kwividiyo yangaphambili.)[1]

Ukuqonda ukuba uninzi lwamaKristu kusenokwenzeka ukuba bazibiza ngokuba ngooBathathu Emnye ukuze bamkelwe ngamanye amalungu ehlelo labo, ngelixesha kwangaxeshanye bengazamkeli ezona mfundiso ziphambili zolawulo lobuthathu, kwandenza ndabona ukuba indlela eyahlukileyo iyafuneka.

Ndingathanda ukucinga ukuba amaKristu amaninzi abelana ngomnqweno wam wokwazi ngokupheleleyo nangokuchanekileyo uBawo wethu waseZulwini. Ewe kunjalo, le yinjongo yobomi bonke — ubomi obungunaphakade ngokusekwe kuYohane 17: 3 — kodwa sifuna ukuqala kakuhle, kwaye oko kuthetha ukuqala kwisiseko esomeleleyo senyaniso.

Ke, ndizakube ndisajongile kwiZibhalo ezisetyenziswa ngabantu abanzima beTriniti ukuxhasa inkolelo yabo, kodwa hayi ngenjongo yokubonisa isiphako ekuqiqeni kwabo, kodwa ngaphezulu koko, ngenjongo yokusinceda siqonde ngcono ubudlelwane bokwenene ikhona phakathi kukaYise, uNyana, noMoya oyiNgcwele.

Ukuba siza kuyenza le nto, masiyenze kakuhle. Masiqale ngesiseko esivumelana ngaso sonke, esivumelana nezibhalo kunye nendalo.

Ukwenza oko, kuya kufuneka sisuse lonke ucalucalulo kunye nokuqonda kwangaphambili. Masiqale ngegama elithi "monotheism", "henotheism", kunye "polytheism". UZiqu-zintathu uzakuzibona enguthixo omnye kuba ukholelwa kuThixo omnye, nangona enguThixo onabantu abathathu. Uya kubanga ukuba isizwe sakwa-Israyeli sasikholelwa kuThixo omnye. Emehlweni akhe, uthixo omnye ulungile, ngelixa i-henotheism kunye ne-polytheism zimbi.

Kwimeko apho singacacanga ngentsingiselo yala magama:

U-Monotheism uchazwa “njengemfundiso okanye inkolelo yokuba kukho uThixo omnye”.

UbuHenotism buchazwa “njengokunqula uthixo omnye ngaphandle kokubukhanyela ubukho babanye oothixo.”

Ukunqulwa kothixo abaninzi kuchazwa “njengokukholelwa okanye unqula oothixo abaninzi.”

Ndifuna ukuba siyilahle le migaqo. Zilahle. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba ukuba siyayifaka indawo yethu ngaphambi kokuba siqale uphando lwethu, siya kuba sizivala iingqondo zethu ukuba kungenzeka ukuba kukho enye into phaya, into ekungekho nanye kule migaqo ebandakanya ngokufanelekileyo. Singaqiniseka njani ukuba naliphi na kula magama lichaza ngokuchanekileyo ubunjani kunye nonqulo lukaThixo? Mhlawumbi akukho namnye kubo owenzayo. Mhlawumbi bonke bayaluphosa uphawu. Mhlawumbi, xa sigqiba uphando lwethu, kuyakufuneka siyile ikota entsha ukuze simele ngokuchanekileyo iziphumo zethu.

Masiqale ngesilayiti esicocekileyo, kuba ukungena kulo naluphi na uphando ngengcinga esandulelayo kusibeka emngciphekweni "wenkxaso yokuqinisekisa". Ngokulula, nokuba singaqondanga, sinokubutyeshela ubungqina obuphikisana nendlela esicinga ngayo ngaphambili size sinike ubungqina obubonakala ngathi buyabuxhasa. Ngokwenza njalo, sinokuphoswa kukufumana inyani enkulu esingazange sayicinga nokuyicinga.

Kulungile, ke ngoku siyahamba. Kufuneka siqale ngaphi? Mhlawumbi ucinga ukuba indawo elungileyo ukuqala ekuqaleni, kule meko, kukuqala kwendalo yonke.

Incwadi yokuqala yeBhayibhile iqala ngala mazwi: “Ekuqaleni uThixo wadala amazulu nomhlaba.” (IGenesis 1: 1 King James Bible)

Nangona kunjalo, kukho indawo engcono yokuqala. Ukuba siza kuqonda okuthile ngobume bukaThixo, kuya kufuneka sibuyele umva ngaphambi kwesiqalo.

Ndizokuxelela into ngoku, kwaye into endizokuxelela yona bubuxoki. Jonga ukuba ungachola kuyo.

"UThixo wayekho ngephanyazo nangaphambi kokuba indalo ibekho."

Oko kubonakala ngathi yingxelo evakalayo, akunjalo? Akunjalo, nasi isizathu. Ixesha liyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yobomi kangangokuba sinika indalo yayo ngaphandle kokucinga. Ngokulula kunjalo. Kodwa yintoni kanye kanye ixesha? Kithina, ixesha lihlala lihleli, inkosi yekhoboka esiqhubela phambili ngokungapheliyo. Sifana nezinto ezidadayo emlanjeni, ezisiwa ezantsi sisantya samanzi, esingenakukucothisa okanye ukukhawulezisa. Sonke sikhona ngexesha elinye elimisiweyo. "Mna" okhoyo ngoku njengoko ndithetha igama ngalinye liyayeka ukubakhona ngomzuzu ngamnye odlulayo oza kutshintshwa ngu "mna" wangoku. "Mna" owayekhona ekuqaleni kwale vidiyo akasekho uya kuze abekho. Asinakubuyela umva ngexesha, siqhubela phambili kunye nokuhamba kwexesha. Sonke sikhona okomzuzwana, okomzuzwana kuphela. Sicinga ukuba sonke sibambekile kumjelo wexesha ofanayo. Ukuba umzuzwana ngamnye odlula kum uyafana nalowo udlula kuwe.

Ayikho njalo.

U-Einstein weza kwaye wacebisa ukuba ixesha yayingeyiyo le nto ingaguqukiyo. Wacacisa ukuba zombini ubunzima kunye nesantya sinokunciphisa ixesha- ukuba umntu angathatha uhambo oluya kwinkwenkwezi ekufutshane kwaye abuye kwakhona ahambele kufutshane nesantya sokukhanya, ixesha liyakucotha kuye. Ixesha liza kuqhubeka kubo bonke abo abashiye ngasemva kwaye baneminyaka elishumi ubudala, kodwa ubuya sele ekhulile kuphela iiveki okanye iinyanga ezimbalwa kuxhomekeke kwisantya sokuhamba kwakhe.

Ndiyazi ukuba kubonakala kuyinto engaqhelekanga ukuba ibe yinyani, kodwa oososayensi baye benza iimvavanyo ukuqinisekisa ukuba ixesha liyacotha ngokusekwe kumtsalane womxhuzulane kunye nesantya. (Ndiza kufaka ezinye izingqinisiso kolu phando kwinkcazo yale vidiyo kwabo banobunzululwazi abafuna ukuya kuyo.)

Inqaku lam kuyo yonke le nto kukuba ngokuchasene noko besinokukuthatha 'njengokuqonda', ixesha alikho rhoqo kwindalo iphela. Ixesha liyaguquguquka okanye liyatshintsha. Isantya sokuhamba kwexesha sinokutshintsha. Oku kubonisa ukuba ixesha, ubunzima, kunye nesantya zonke ziyahambelana. Zonke zinxulumene omnye nomnye, kungoko igama lethiyori ka-Einstein, ithiyori yoBudlelwane. Sonke sivile ngeXesha-leNdawo yokuQhubeka. Ukubeka ngenye indlela: akukho ndalo iphathekayo, akukho xesha. Ixesha liyinto eyenziweyo, njengokuba into iyinto eyenziweyo.

Ke, xa ndathi, "uThixo wayekhona ngephanyazo phambi kwendalo yonke", ndabeka ubuxoki. Kwakungekho nto kuthiwa lixesha ngaphambi kwendalo yonke, kuba ukuhamba kwexesha kuyinxalenye yendalo yonke. Akohlukanga kwindalo iphela. Ngaphandle kwendalo iphela akukho nto kwaye akukho xesha. Ngaphandle, nguThixo kuphela.

Mna nawe sikhona ngaphakathi kwexesha. Asinakubakho ngaphandle kwexesha. Siboshwe yiyo. Iingelosi zikhona ngaphakathi kwexesha elibekiweyo. Bahlukile kuthi ngeendlela esingaziqondiyo, kodwa kubonakala ngathi nabo bayinxalenye yendalo yendalo iphela, ukuba indalo ebonakalayo iyinxalenye yendalo, indawo esinokuyibona, kwaye ibotshelelwe lixesha nendawo ngokunjalo. KuDaniel 10: 13 sifunda ngengelosi eyayithunyelwe ukuphendula umthandazo kaDaniel. Weza kuDaniel evela naphi na apho wayekhona, kodwa wabanjwa yingelosi ephikisayo iintsuku ezingama-21, kwaye wakhululwa kuphela xa uMikayeli, enye yeengelosi eziphambili weza kumnceda.

Ke imithetho yendalo yonke edaliweyo ilawula zonke izinto ezidaliweyo ezadalwa ekuqaleni ekubhekiswa kuzo kwiGenesis 1: 1.

UThixo kwelinye icala ukhona ngaphandle kwendalo iphela, ngaphandle kwexesha, ngaphandle kwazo zonke izinto. Akaphantsi kwanto kwaye akukho namnye, kodwa zonke izinto ziphantsi kwakhe. Xa sisithi uThixo ukhona, asithethi ngokuphila ngonaphakade ngexesha. Sithetha ngemeko yobukho. UThixo… ngokulula… uyi. Ngu. Ukhona. Akakho mzuzu nomzuzu njengoko mna nawe sisenza. Unjalo kanye.

Unokuba nobunzima bokuqonda indlela anokubakho ngayo uThixo ngaphandle kwexesha, kodwa ukuqonda akufuneki. Ukwamkela loo nyani kuko konke okufunekayo. Njengoko benditshilo kwividiyo engaphambili kolu ngcelele, sifana nomntu ozelwe eyimfama ongazange abone ukukhanya kwemitha. Ingenza njani into yokuba umntu oyimfama anje aqonde ukuba kukho imibala ebomvu, emthubi naluhlaza? Akaziqondi, kwaye asinakuyichaza loo mibala kuye nangayiphi na indlela eya kumvumela ukuba abuqonde ubunyani bazo. Kufuneka athathe ilizwi lethu lokuba zikhona.

Ngaba leliphi igama umntu okanye into ekhoyo ngaphandle kwexesha elizithathela yona? Liliphi igama elinokuthi likhetheke ngokwaneleyo ukuba kungabikho enye ingqondi eya kuba nelungelo lalo? UThixo ngokwakhe usinika impendulo. Tyhila kwiEksodus 3:13. Ndiza kufunda ukusuka Yehlabathi YeBhayibhile YesiNgesi.

Wathi uMoses kuThixo, Uyabona, ukuba ndiya koonyana bakaSirayeli, ndithi kubo, UThixo wooyihlo undithumile kuni. bathi kum, Ngubani igama lakhe? Ndiza kubaxelela ntoni? ” Wathi uThixo kuMoses, Ndinguye eNdinguye.Wathi, Wotsho koonyana bakaSirayeli ukuthi, uNdinguye undithumile kuni.Wathi uThixo kuMoses, Wotsho koonyana: uSirayeli lo, nguYehova, uThixo wooyihlo, uThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi, ondithumileyo kuni. Lilo elo igama lam nanini nanini, ibe sisikhumbuzo sam eso kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. ” (IEksodus 3: 13-15 WEB)

Apha unika igama lakhe kabini. Eyokuqala ngu “Ndingu” eyiyo hayi ngesiHebhere ngo "ndikhona" okanye "ndikhona". Emva koko uxelela uMosisi ukuba ookhokho bakhe babemazi ngegama elithi YHWH, esiliguqulela njengo “Yahweh” okanye “Yehova” okanye, “Yehowah”. Omabini la magama esiHebhere zizenzi kwaye abonakaliswe njengamaxesha ezenzi. Olu luphononongo olunomdla kwaye kufanelekile ukuba siqwalasele, nangona kunjalo abanye benze umsebenzi obalaseleyo wokuchaza oku, ke andizukuphinda ndilibuyisele ivili apha. Endaweni yoko ndiza kufaka ikhonkco kule nkcazo yevidiyo kwiividiyo ezimbini eziza kukunika ulwazi oludingayo ukuze uqonde ngcono intsingiselo yegama likaThixo.

Kwanele ukutsho ukuba ngeenjongo zethu namhlanje, nguThixo kuphela onokubamba igama, "Ndikhona" okanye "Ndinguye". Liliphi ilungelo analo nawuphi na umntu elinalo elo gama? UYobhi uthi:

“Indoda, ezelwe ngumfazi,
Ubomi obufutshane obuzele ziinkathazo.
Uphuma njengentyantyambo, abune;
Ubaleka njengesithunzi, athi shwaka.
(Yobhi 14: 1, 2 NWT)

Ubukho bethu bukude kakhulu ukuba ligunyaziswe elo gama. NguThixo kuphela owayesoloko ekho, kwaye oya kuhlala ekho. NguThixo kuphela ongaphaya kwexesha.

Njengecala, mandichaze ukuba ndisebenzisa igama elithi Yehova ukubhekisa kuYHWH. Ndikhetha uYehowah kuba ndicinga ukuba ikufutshane nendlela eyabizwa ngayo, kodwa umhlobo wandinceda ndabona ukuba ukuba ndisebenzisa uYehowah, ngenxa yokuvumelana, kufuneka ndikhombe kuYesu njengo-Yeshua, kuba igama lakhe linalo igama likaThixo uhlobo lwesifinyezo. Ke, ukulungiselela ukungqinelana endaweni yokuchaneka kobizo ngokuhambelana neelwimi zantlandlolo, ndiza kusebenzisa u "Yehova" kunye "noYesu". Ngayiphi na imeko, andikholelwa ukuba ukubiza ngokuchanekileyo ngumcimbi. Kukho abo baphakamisa ingxwabangxwaba enkulu malunga nendlela efanelekileyo yokubiza amagama, kodwa kwimbono yam uninzi lwabo bantu bazama ngenene ukusenza singalisebenzisi igama kwaphela, kwaye ukujija ukubiza amagama liqhinga. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, nokuba besiyazi ngqo indlela yokubiza amagama kwisiHebhere samandulo, uninzi lwabantu abakwazanga ukuyisebenzisa. Igama lam ndinguEric kodwa xa ndisiya kwilizwe laseLatin America, bambalwa abantu abanokulibiza ngokuchanekileyo. Isandi sokugqibela "C" siyehliswe okanye ngamanye amaxesha kufakwe "S" endaweni yaso. Iya kuvakala ngathi "Eree" okanye "Erees". Kububudenge ukucinga ukuba indlela efanelekileyo yokubiza amagama yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kuThixo. Into ebalulekileyo kuye kukuba siyakuqonda ukumelwa ligama. Onke amagama esiHebhere anentsingiselo.

Ngoku ndifuna ukunqumama okomzuzwana. Ungayicinga yonke le ntetho malunga nexesha, namagama, kwaye ubukho bufundisiwe kwaye abubalulekanga kangako kusindiso lwakho. Ndingacebisa ngenye indlela. Ngamanye amaxesha eyona nyaniso inzulu ifihlakele kwimbonakalo ecacileyo. Oko ibikho ngalo lonke elixesha, ibonwa ngokupheleleyo, kodwa asikaze siyiqonde ukuba yayiyintoni kanye kanye. Yile nto sijongana nayo apha, ngokoluvo lwam.

Ndiza kuchaza ngokuphinda ndisebenzise imigaqo-siseko esisandula ukuxoxa ngayo kwifom yamanqaku:

  1. UYehova ngunaphakade.
  2. UYehova akanasiqalo.
  3. UYehova ukhona ngaphambi kwexesha nangaphandle kwexesha.
  4. Izulu nomhlaba weGenesis 1: 1 waba nesiqalo.
  5. Ixesha laliyinxalenye yendalo yamazulu nomhlaba.
  6. Zonke izinto ziphantsi koThixo.
  7. UThixo akanakho ukuthobela nantoni na, kubandakanya ixesha.

Ngaba uyavumelana nezi ntetho zisixhenxe? Thatha umzuzwana, uwaphicothe kwaye uwacinge. Ngaba ungazithatha njengeziqinisekileyo, oko kukuthi, ziyinyani, ziyinyaniso ezingathandabuzekiyo?

Ukuba kunjalo, ke unayo yonke into oyifunayo ukuyigxotha imfundiso kaBathathu Emnye njengobuxoki. Unayo yonke into oyifunayo ukuze uyilahle imfundiso kaSocinian njengobuxoki. Ngenxa yokuba ezi ngxelo zisixhenxe zii-axioms, uThixo akanakubakho njengoBathathu Emnye kwaye asinakuthi uYesu Krestu wabakho kuphela esibelekweni sikaMariya njengoSocinians.

Ndingatsho njani ukuba ukwamkela ezi zinto zisixhenxe kuphelisa ukubakho kwezi mfundiso zibanzi? Ndiqinisekile ukuba abantu abakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye phaya baya kwamkela ii-axioms ezichazwe nje ngaxeshanye besithi azinakubuchaphazela ubuThixo ngendlela abayiqonda ngayo.

Ilunge kakhulu. Ndenze ibango, ke ngoku kufuneka ndikungqine. Masiqale ngengcaciso epheleleyo yenqaku lesi-7: “UThixo akanako ukuthobela nantoni na, kuquka nexesha.”

Ingcamango enokuthi iphazamise ukuqonda kwethu kukungaqondi malunga noko kunokwenzeka ngoYehova uThixo. Sihlala sicinga ukuba zonke izinto zinako ukwenzeka kuThixo. Ngapha koko, ngaba iBhayibhile ayifundisi loo nto?

"Ebakhangele ebusweni, uYesu wathi kubo:" Ebantwini le yinto engenakwenzeka, kodwa kuye uThixo zonke izinto zinako ukwenzeka. ”(Mateyu 19:26)

Ukanti, kwenye indawo, sinale ngxelo ibonakala ngathi iyaphikisana:

“… Akwenzeki ukuba uThixo axoke…” (KumaHebhere 6:18)

Kuya kufuneka sonwabe ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba uThixo axoke, kuba ukuba uyaxoka, unokwenza nezinye izinto ezimbi. Khawufane ucinge ngoThixo onamandla onke onokuthi aziphathe kakubi, oh, andazi, engcungcuthekisa abantu ngokubatshisa bephila, asebenzise amandla akhe ukuba abagcine bephila ngelixa ebatshisa kaninzi-ninzi, engaze abavumele ukuba babaleke ngonaphakade ngonaphakade. Ewe! Enjani yona ukuba mbi imeko!

Ewe, uthixo weli hlabathi, uSathana uMtyholi, ukhohlakele kwaye ukuba ebenamandla onke, ebeya kuyivuyela imeko enjalo, kodwa nguYehova? Akho ndlela yimbi. UYehova ulungile kwaye ulungile kwaye ulungile kwaye ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na, uThixo uluthando. Ke, akanakuxoka kuba oko kungamenza aziphathe kakubi, akhohlakele, kwaye enze ububi. UThixo akakwazi ukwenza nantoni na eyonakalisa isimilo sakhe, amnciphise nangayiphi na indlela, okanye amenze athotyelwe nakubani na okanye nantoni na. Ngamafutshane, uYehova uThixo akanakwenza nantoni na enokunciphisa.

Ukanti, amazwi kaYesu ngazo zonke izinto anokwenzeka kuye uThixo ayinyani. Jonga umongo. Into ethethwa nguYesu kukuba akukho nto uThixo afuna ukuyifeza engaphaya kwamandla akhe. Akukho mntu unokubeka umda kuThixo kuba kuye zonke izinto zinokwenzeka. Ke ngoko uThixo onothando ofuna ukuba kunye nendalo yakhe, njengoko wayenjalo noAdam noEva, uyakwenza indlela yokwenza oko, oko kungaze kubeke mda ubume bakhe bobuthixo ngokuzithoba nangayiphi na indlela kuyo nantoni na.

Ke, unayo. Isiqwenga sokugqibela sephazili. Uyayibona ngoku?

Andizange. Iminyaka emininzi ndisilela ukuyibona. Nangona kunjalo zininzi iinyani zomhlaba, iyacaca kwaye icacile nje ukuba iimfama zoluvo lwangaphambili kunye nokukhetha kususwe-nokuba bangumbutho wamaNgqina kaYehova, okanye kwiCawe yamaKatolika okanye kulo naliphi na elinye iziko elifundisa iimfundiso zobuxoki ngoThixo.

Umbuzo ngulo: Angenza njani uYehova uThixo ongaphaya kwexesha kwaye ongenakho ukuthobela nantoni na kwindalo yakhe aze azithobe kumsinga wexesha? Akanakuncitshiswa, ukanti, ukuba uza kwindalo iphela ukuba abe nabantwana bakhe, ke, njengathi, kufuneka abekhona umzuzu nomzuzu, ngokuxhomekeke kwelo xesha wayelidalile. UThixo uSomandla akanakho ukuthobela nantoni na. Umzekelo, khawucinge ngale ngxelo:

". . Emva koko baliva ilizwi likaYehova uThixo njengoko wayehamba emyezweni malunga nomoya opholileyo wemini, yaye indoda nomfazi wayo bazimela ebusweni bukaYehova uThixo phakathi kwemithi yomyezo. ” (IGenesis 3: 8 NWT)

Baliva ilizwi lakhe kwaye babubona ubuso bakhe. Ingenzeka njani loo nto?

UAbraham naye wambona uYehova, watya naye, wathetha naye.

". . .Emka apho amadoda lawo, asinga eSodom; ke yena u-Abraham wahlala noAbraham… .Wathi akugqiba ukuthetha uYehova kuAbraham, wemka ke yena wabuyela endaweni yakhe. " (IGenesis 18:22, 33)

Zonke izinto zinokwenzeka kuThixo, kucacile ke ukuba, uYehova uThixo ufumene indlela yokubonisa uthando kubantwana bakhe ngokuba kunye nabo nokubakhokela ngaphandle kokuzikhawulela okanye ukuzinciphisa nangayiphi na indlela. Ukwenza njani oku?

Impendulo yanikwa kwenye yeencwadi zokugqibela ezibhalwe eBhayibhileni kwingxelo efanayo yeGenesis 1: 1. Apha, umpostile uYohane wandisa ingxelo yeGenesis etyhila ulwazi olufihliweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

“Ekuqalekeni ube ekho uLizwi, waye uLizwi ekuye uThixo, waye uLizwi enguThixo. Yena lowo ebekho ekuqalekeni kuThixo. Izinto zonke zabakho ngaye; engekho yena, akubangakho nanye into ethe yabakho. (Yohane 1: 1-3 IBHAYIBHILE)

Kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi eziguqulela le nxalenye yokugqibela njengo “uLizwi wayenguthixo”. Kukho neenguqulelo eziliguqulela ngokuthi "uLizwi wayengokobuthixo".

Igrama, kukho izizathu ezifumanekayo kunikezelo ngalunye. Xa kukho ukungangqinelani kuwo nawuphi na umbhalo, intsingiselo yokwenene ityhilwa ngokumisela ukuba yeyiphi na inguqulelo evisisana nesiBhalo sonke. Ke, masibeke naziphi na iimpikiswano malunga negrama okwexeshana kwaye sigxile kwiLizwi okanye kwiLogos ngokwakhe.

Ngubani uLizwi, kwaye ebaluleke ngokulinganayo, kutheni iliLizwi?

U “kutheni” ucacisiwe kwivesi 18 kwisahluko esinye.

Akukho namnye wakha wambona uThixo; okuphela kozelweyo osesifubeni sikaYise, nguye ocacise oko. ” (Yohane 1:18 NASB 1995) [Bona kwakhona, Tim 6:16 noYohane 6:46]

ILogos nguThixo ozelweyo. UJohn 1: 18 usixelela ukuba akukho namnye umntu owakha wambona uYehova uThixo kanye kanye ukuba kutheni le nto uThixo edale iLogos. ILogos okanye iLizwi lingokobuthixo, esele ikwimo kaThixo njengoko amaFilipi 2: 6 esixelela. UnguThixo, uThixo obonakalayo, ochaza uBawo. UAdam, uEva noAbraham babengamboni uYehova uThixo. Akukho mntu wakha wambona uThixo nangaliphi na ixesha, itsho iBhayibhile. Babone iLizwi likaThixo, iiLogos. ILogos yadalwa okanye yazalwa ukuze ikwazi ukuvala umsantsa phakathi kukaThixo uSomandla nendalo yakhe iphela. ILizwi okanye iiLogos zinokungena kwindalo kodwa unokuba noThixo.

Kuba uYehova wazala uLogos ngaphambi kokudalwa kwendalo iphela, kokubini indalo yokomoya kunye nendalo ebonakalayo, uLogos wayekho ngaphambi kwexesha ngokwalo. Uhleli ngonaphakade njengoThixo.

Kungenzeka njani ukuba umntu ozelwe okanye ozelweyo angabinasiqalo? Ewe, ngaphandle kwexesha akunakubakho ukuqala nokuphela. Unaphakade awukho mgceni.

Ukukuqonda oko, mna nawe kuya kufuneka siyiqonde imiba yexesha kunye nokungabikho kwexesha elingaphaya kwamandla ethu okwangoku ukuqonda. Kwakhona, sifana nabantu abangaboniyo abazama ukuqonda umbala. Kukho izinto ekufuneka sizamkele kuba zichazwe ngokucacileyo esiBhalweni, kuba zingaphaya kwamandla ethu okuqonda angalunganga. UYehova uthi:

“Kuba iingcinga zam asizizo iingcinga zenu, neendlela zenu asizizo iindlela zam, utsho uYehova. Inene, njengokuba izulu liwuphakamele umhlaba, ngokunjalo iindlela zam ziziphakamele iindlela zenu, neengcinga zam ziziphakamele iingcinga zenu. Kuba njengokuba imvula nekhephu zisihla zivela ezulwini zingabuyeli khona zize ziwunkcenkceshele umhlaba, ziwenze uvelise, uhlume, unike imbewu umhlwayeli, udle isonka odlayo, liya kuba njalo ilizwi lam eliphuma emlonyeni wam ; aliyi kubuyela kum lilambatha, kodwa liya kukufeza le nto ndiyifunayo, lize liyiphumelele into endiyithumele yona. ” (Isaya 55: 8-11 ESV)

Kwanele ukuthi iLogos ingunaphakade, kodwa yazalwa nguThixo, kwaye ke ingaphantsi kukaThixo. Ukuzama ukusinceda siqonde into engaqondakaliyo, uYehova usebenzisa umzekeliso katata nomntwana, ukanti uLogos akazange azalwe njengomntwana ongumntu. Mhlawumbi sinokuyiqonda ngale ndlela. U-Eva akazange azalwe, okanye adalwe njengo-Adam, kodwa wathatyathwa enyameni yakhe, indalo yakhe. Ke, wayeyinyama, ukwimo enye no-Adam, kodwa engafaniyo no-Adam. ILizwi lingcwele kuba lenziwe nguThixo-ayingafani nendalo yonke ngokuba nguye yedwa ozelweyo nguThixo. Ukanti, njengaye nawuphi na unyana, wahlukile kuYise. AkangoThixo, kodwa ungokobuthixo kuye. Into eyahlukileyo, enguThixo, ewe, kodwa uNyana kaThixo uSomandla. Ukuba wayenguThixo ngokwakhe, ngekhe angene kwindalo ukuze abe kunye noonyana babantu, kuba uThixo akanako ukuncitshiswa.

Makhe ndikucacisele ngale ndlela. Embindini wesixokelelwano sethu selanga kukho ilanga. Embindini welanga, umba ushushu kangangokuba uphuma kwi-27 yezigidi zeedigri. Ukuba ungathumela umnxeba kwisiqwenga selanga esilingana nemabhile kwisiXeko saseNew York, ungasitshabalalisa ngephanyazo isixeko kangangeemayile ezijikelezileyo. Kukho amawaka ezigidi zelanga, phakathi kweebhiliyoni zeminyele, kwaye lowo uzidaleleyo mkhulu kunabo bonke. Ukuba ungene ngaphakathi kwexesha, uya kulitshabalalisa ixesha. Ukuba ungene ngaphakathi kwindalo iphela, angatshabalalisa iphela.

Isisombululo sakhe kwingxaki yayikukuzala uNyana onokuzibonakalisa ebantwini, njengoko wenzayo ngoYesu. Sisenokuthi emva koko uYehova nguThixo ongabonakaliyo, ngelixa uLogos enguThixo obonakalayo. Kodwa azifani. Xa uNyana kaThixo, uLizwi, ethethela uThixo, wenzelwe zonke iinjongo, uThixo. Ukanti, ukubuyela umva akuyonyani. Xa uYise ethetha, akathethi ngoNyana. UYise wenza ukuthanda kwakhe. UNyana, nangona kunjalo, wenza ukuthanda kukaYise. Uthi,

Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, UNyana akanakwenza nto ngokwakhe, engathanga abone uYise esenza; kuba izinto asukuba ezenza yena, ezo uyazenza uNyana kwangokunjalo; Kuba uYise uyamthanda uNyana, ambonise izinto zonke azenzayo. Uya kumbonisa nemisebenzi emikhulu kunale, ukuze nina nimangaliswe.

Kuba, njengoko uYise abavusayo abafileyo, abadlise ubomi, kwangokunjalo noNyana ubadlisa ubomi abo athandayo. Kuba kananjalo uYise akagwebi namnye; uthe umgwebo wonke wawunikela kuNyana; ukuze bonke bambeke uNyana, kwanjengoko bambekayo uYise. Lowo ungambekiyo uNyana akambeki uYise, kuba umthumile…. Andifuni kuthanda kwam, kodwa ukuthanda kwalowo undithumileyo.
(Yohane 5: 19-23, 30 iBerean Literal Bible)

Kwenye indawo uthi, “Uhambele phambili umganyana, wawa ngobuso bakhe, wathandaza, esithi, Bawo, ukuba kunokwenzeka, mayidlule kum le ndebe; kodwa makungabi njengokuthanda kwam, makube njengokuthanda kwakho. (UMateyu 26:39 NKJV)

Njengomntu, umntu owenziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo, uNyana unentando yakhe, kodwa loo ntando ixhomekeke kuThixo, ngoko xa esebenza njengeLizwi likaThixo, uLogos, uThixo obonakalayo othunyelwe nguYehova, ngu Ukuthanda kukaYise umele.

Ngokwenene leyo yingongoma kaYohane 1:18.

ILogos okanye iLizwi linokuba kunye noThixo kuba ukho ngokohlobo lukaThixo. Yinto engenakuthethwa ngayo nayiphi na into enomdla.

KwabaseFilipi uthi,

“Yibani nale ngcinga kuni, sikuKristu Yesu, othe ubume bukaThixo, akacinga ukuba ulingana noThixo; wazihluba, wathabatha ubume umkhonzi, enziwe wafana nabantu, wafunyanwa ngokomntu; wazithoba, waba ngolulamileyo, wada wesa ekufeni, ukufa ke kwasemnqamlezweni. Ngenxa yoko, uThixo wamphakamisa kakhulu. wamnika igama elingaphezu kwawo onke amagama, ukuze kuthi egameni likaYesu onke amadolo agobe, awasemazulwini, nawomntu wasemhlabeni, nawo onke aphantsi komhlaba, zithi zonke iilwimi zivume ukuba uYesu Kristu yiNkosi. ukuze kuzukiswe uThixo uYise. ” (KwabaseFilipi 2: 5-9)

Apha sinokuluqonda ngokwenene ulwazelelo loNyana kaThixo. Wayekunye noThixo, ephila ngonaphakade kanaphakade ekwimo kaThixo okanye ubume obungunaphakade bukaYehova ngokuswela ixesha elingcono.

Kodwa uNyana akanakubanga igama elithi YHWH, "Ndinguye" okanye "Ndikhona", kuba uThixo akanakufa okanye ayeke ukubakho, sekunjalo uNyana angakwazi kwaye wakwenza, kangangeentsuku ezintathu. Wazikhupha, waba ngumntu, ephantsi kwayo yonke imida yoluntu, nkqu nokufa emnqamlezweni. UYehova uThixo wayengenakwenza oku. UThixo akanakufa, kwaye akanakuphathwa kakubi nguYesu.

Ngaphandle kukaYesu owayesele ekho njengoLogos, ngaphandle kukaYesu ophantsi kwakhe, okwabizwa ngokuba liLizwi likaThixo kwiSityhilelo 19:13, ayinakubakho indlela yokuba uThixo asebenzisane nendalo yakhe. UYesu ibhulorho edibanisa unaphakade kunye nexesha. Ukuba uYesu wazalwa kuphela esibelekweni sikaMariya njengoko abanye bephikisana, waye ke uYehova uThixo wadibana njani nendalo yakhe, eyingelosi kunye neyabantu? Ukuba uYesu unguThixo opheleleyo njengoko abantu abakholelwa kubathathu emnye becebisa, sibuyele apho siqale khona ngoThixo ekubeni angakwazi ukuzithoba kwisidalwa esidaliweyo, kwaye azithobe kwixesha.

Xa u-Isaya 55:11, esisandula ukuxoxa ngaye, esithi uThixo ulithumela ilizwi lakhe, akathethi ngokomfuziselo. UYesu owayekho ngaphambili kwaye wayelilizwi likaThixo. Qwalasela iMizekeliso 8:

UYehova wandidala ndaba sisiqalo sokuqala;
Ngaphambi kwemisebenzi yakhe yakudala.
Ndasekwa kwasephakadeni,
Kwasekuqalekeni kwaphambi kokusekwa kwehlabathi.
Ndazalwa kungekabikho manzi anzongonzongo,
xa kungekho mithombo yayiphuphuma amanzi.
Zingekazinziswa iintaba,
Ndazalwa ngaphambi kweentaba,
Phambi kokuba enze umhlaba okanye amasimi,
nalo naluphi na uthuli lomhlaba.
Ndilapho ekumiseni kwakhe izulu,
Ekubhaleni kwakhe isazinge ngobuso bamanzi anzongonzongo,
Ekumiseni kwakhe amafu akhe ngaphezulu;
Yakugquma imithombo yamanzi enzonzobila,
Ekumiseni komda ulwandle,
ukuze amanzi angawugqithisi umthetho wakhe.
Ekumiseni kweziseko zehlabathi.
Ngelo xesha ndandilichule lemisebenzi yobugcisa ecaleni kwakhe,
nokuvuya kwakhe imihla ngemihla,
ndihlala ndivuya phambi kwakhe.
Ndonwabile kwihlabathi lakhe lonke,
ndichulumanca kunye noonyana babantu.

(IMizekeliso 8: 22-31 BSB)

Ubulumko kukusetyenziswa kolwazi. Ngokusisiseko, ubulumko lulwazi olusebenzayo. UThixo wazi zonke izinto. Ulwazi lwakhe alunasiphelo. Kodwa kuphela xa esebenzisa olo lwazi kukho ubulumko.

Lo mzekeliso awuthethi ngoThixo odala ubulumko ngokungathi olo phawu lwalungekho kuye. Uthetha ngokudala iindlela ezazisetyenziselwa ulwazi lukaThixo. Ukusetyenziswa okusebenzayo kolwazi lukaThixo kwafezekiswa liLizwi lakhe, uNyana awamzala ngaye, owathi, ngaye, nokwenzelwa indalo iphela.

Zininzi iZibhalo kwiZibhalo zangaphambi kobuKristu, zikwabizwa ngokuba yiTestamente eNdala, ecacisa gca ukuba uYehova wenza into kwaye sifumana umlingani kwiZibhalo zamaKristu (okanye iTestamente eNtsha) apho uYesu ekuthethwa ngaye njengo ezalisekisa isiprofeto. Oku kukhokelele abantu abakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye ukuba bagqibe kwelokuba uYesu unguThixo, ukuba uYise noNyana ngabantu ababini emntwini omnye. Nangona kunjalo, esi sigqibo sidala iingxaki ezininzi nezinye iindinyana ezibonisa ukuba uYesu ungaphantsi kukaYise. Ndiyakholelwa ekubeni ukuqonda injongo eyinyani awathi ngayo uThixo uSomandla wazala unyana ongcwele, uthixo ngokufana naye, kodwa hayi olinganayo- uthixo onokuhamba phakathi koBawo ongunaphakade nongapheliyo kunye nendalo yaKhe kusivumela ukuba sihambelane zonke iivesi kwaye sifike Ukuqonda okubeka isiseko esiqinileyo kwinjongo yethu yanaphakade yokwazi uYise kunye noNyana, kanye njengoko uYohane esixelela:

"Ubomi obungunaphakade kukwazi wena, wena ukuphela koThixo oyinyaniso, kunye nokwazi uYesu Kristu, omthumileyo." (Yohane 17: 3 Conservative English Version)

Sikwazi kuphela uYise ngoNyana, kuba nguNyana osebenzisana nathi. Akukho sidingo sokuthatha uNyana ngokulingana noYise kuzo zonke iinkalo, ukukholelwa kuye njengoThixo opheleleyo. Ngapha koko, inkolelo enjalo iya kuthintela ukuqonda kwethu ngoBawo.

Kwiividiyo ezizayo, ndiza kuvavanya ubungqina obusetyenziswa ngabantu abakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye ukuxhasa imfundiso yabo kwaye ndibonise indlela kwimeko nganye, ukuqonda esikuvavanyileyo kufanelekile ngaphandle kokuba senze abantu abathathu abenza ubuThixo.

Okwangoku, ndingathanda ukukubulela ngokubukela kwakho kunye nenkxaso yakho eqhubekayo.

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[1] https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/october/what-do-christians-believe-ligonier-state-theology-heresy.html

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